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CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS 
ACCOMPANYING REPORT 
OF PARK COMMISSION, 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



EXHIBITION 



OF 



DRAWINGS, DESIGNS 



AND 



MODELS, 



Illustrating the Report of the 
Commission on the Improve- 
ment of the Park System of 
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Corcoran Art Gallery, 
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GALLERY. 

CENTRAL GROUP. 

1 Map of District of Columbia, showing existing pub- 
lic spaces. 

2. Map of District of Columbia, showing existing and 

proposed public spaces. 

3. Map of District of Columbia, showing proposed ad- 

ditions to Park System. 

4. Diagram of the Parks of New York. 

5. Diagram of the Parks of Boston. 

6. Diagram of existing and proposed Parks of Wash- 

ington. 

7. Diagram of the existing Parks of Washington. 

8. Diagram of the Parks of Paris. 

9. Diagram of the Parks of London. 

10. Typical section of Potomac Quay. 

11. Typical section of Rock Creek Parkway. Treat- 

ment recommended. 

12. Typical section of Rock Creek Parkway. Alterna- 

tive project with covered channel. 

13. Typical section of one of the Valley Parkways, 

such as Piney Branch, Soapstone Creek and 
Georgetown Parkways, showing the preservation 
of existing natural scenery. 

14. Typical section of Potomac Drive, short distance 

above Aqueduct Bridge. 



15. Two Panoramic Views showing present conditions. 

16. Typical section of Potomac Drive below Chain 

Bridge. 

17. Section of Savannah Parkway. 

18. Plan of Savannah Parkway. 



SOUTH WALL (Left). 

MALL DIVISION. 

19. General Plan, describing area included between 

Capitol and Lincoln Monument, White House 
and Potomac Park. 

20. Birds-eye View of General Plan from point taken 

4,000 feet above Arlington. 

21. Birds-eye View of General Plan, from point taken 

4,000 feet over Insane Asylum, Anacostia 
Heights. 

WEST WALL. 
CAPITOL DIVISION. 

22. Plan of Capitol grounds (L'Enfant) 1791. 
22 «. Plan of Capitol grounds (Thornton) 1803. 

23. The Capitol. West elevation, showing proposed 

Terrace, restoration of the Bulfinch gates and 
boundary fence, fountains and approaches. 

24. Section through same, East and West. 

NORTH WALL. 

MONUMENT DIVISION. 

25. Plan showing proposed treatment of Monument 

Garden, 



26. Section through Monument Garden on White House 

axis, showing proposed treatment of approaches 
and terraces forming a setting for the Washing- 
ton Monument. (Looking East.) 

27. Section through Monument Garden on Capitol axis, 

looking North toward White House. 

28. Section through Mall at 15th Street looking West, 

showing Monument approaches and terraces. 

29. Section through Canal, looking East, showing ter- 

races and approaches to Monument Garden. 

EAST WALL. 

LINCOLN :monum]:nt division. 

30. Plan shoAviug proposed treatment of Lincoln 

Memorial site. 

31. Elevation of same on proposed site. 

32. Section of same. 

33. General section, Lincoln Monument site, showing 

proposed Memorial Bridge connection at this 
point. 

HEiVilCYCLE. 

34. Model of Mall, including areas between Capitol and 

Twenty-seventh Street, White House and Poto- 
mac Park, showing present conditions. Scale, one 
foot equals one thousand feet. 

35. Model of Mall, showing treatment proposed bv the 

Commission. Scale, one foot equals one thousand 
feet. 



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CAPITOL DIVISION. 

36. View of Capitol as seen from Mall (Third Street). 

37. View showing proposed treatment of Square at 

head of Mall. 

38. Gate House and Posts, old Capitol grounds. 

(Bulfinch). 

39. View showing proposed treatment of basin, terrace 

and Capitol approaches, head of Mall. 

MONUMENT DIVISION. 

40. View of Monument and Garden terraces from 

White House. 

41. View of Monument and Garden terraces, seen from 

Canal, Lincoln Division. 

42. Views of projected buildings, restaurants, pavilions, 

etc. 

43. One of the six pavilions in Monument Garden. 

44. View in Monument Garden, main axis, showing 

proposed treatment of approaches and terraces, 
forming a setting for the Washington Monu- 
ment. (Looking East.) 

45. View from Terrace, base of Monument, looking 

towards Arlington. 

46. View from Terrace, base of Monument, looking 

towards White House. 

47. View of Terrace and approach to Monument, seen 

from the Garden. 

48. View of Monument Garden, looking towards White 

House. 

LINCOLN DIVISION. 

49. View showing proposed development of site for 

Lincoln Memorial, seen from Canal. 



50. Proposed development of Lincoln Memorial site, 

seen from Riverside Drive. 

51. View of the same, seen from old Observatory site. 

52. View of same, seen from Washington Monument. 

WASHINGTON COMMON DIVISION. 

53. View of Memorial structure and Public Playgrounds 

looking South. 

54. View of Washington Common and Public Play- 

grounds, showing proposed baths, theatre, gymna- 
sium and athletic buildings. 

55. View of Public Square and above group of buildings, 

showing proposed Memorial structure. 

MALL DIVISION. 

56. View in Mall at Sixth Street. 

57. Mall seen from Fourteenth Street, looking towards 

Capitol. 

58. General View of Monument Garden and Mall, look- 

ing towards Capitol. 

59. View of Monument seen from Mall at Fourteenth 

Street. 

VESTIBULE. 

60. Projected plan of the City of Washington, 1790, 

designed by Peter Charles L'Enfant, under the 
direction of Gen. Washington. 

61. Plan of the City of Washington, 1791, designed by 

Peter Charles L'Enfant, under the direction of 
Gen. Washington. 



COMMITTEE ROOM. 

61a. Model of Monument Garden. Scale, one inch equals 
thirty-two feet. 

PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGEMENTS. 

02. Fountain of Marcia, Rome. 

63. Fountain in front of Farnese Palace, Rome. 

64. Fountain, Place Chateau d'eau, Paris. 

65. Parade Ground, Boston Common. 

66. Column in garden of the Luxembourg, Paris. 

67. Broad Avenue, Old Hadley, Mass. 

68. Avenue, Cirencester, England. 

69. Avenue, Windsor. 

70. Broad Avenue, Old Hadley, Mass. 

71. "Charles Sumner" Elm, front of Capitol, Washing- 

ton. 

72. View from Terraces, St. Germain, Paris. 

73. Terrace, Garden of the Tuilleries, Rue de Rivoli, 

Paris. 

74. Fountain, Hampton Court, London. 

75. Piazza del Popolo, Pincian Hill, Rome. 

76. Ringstrasse, Vienna. 

77. Fountain and Vista, Chantilly, France. 

78. Fountains, Versailles. 

79. Fountains, Versailles. 

80. Fountain, Place Saint Sulpice, Paris. 

81. Fountain of San Paolo, Rome. 

82. Fountain de I'Observatoire, Paris. 

83. Fountain, Versailles. 



84. Fountain, Barberini Palace, Rome. 

85. Fountain of the Medici, Garden of the Luxembourg, 

Paris. 

86. Fountain, Quirinal, Rome. 

87. Terrace, Versailles. 

88. Garden Pavilion, Laxenburg, Austria. 

89. Fountain and Terrace, Fontainebleau. 

90. The Long Walk, Windsor, England. 

91. Avenue, Cirencester, England. 

92. Avenue, Cirencester, England. 

93. General View, Place de la Concorde, Paris. 

94. Avenue of the Champs Elysees, Paris. 

95. Fountains, Place de la Concorde, Paris. 

96. Station at Frankfort, Germany. 

97. Avenue of the Champs Elysees, Paris. 

98. Fountain in garden at d'Aranja, Spain. 

99. View, Garden of Villa Medici, Rome, showing Ter- 

race. 

100. Basin and Parterres, Fontainebleau. 

101. Fountains, Versailles. 

102. Fountain, Villa Albani, Rome. 

103. Fountain and Canal, Versailles. 

104. The Orangerie, Versailles. 

105. Palace and Gardens of the Luxembourg, Paris. 

106. Temple, Borghese Gardens, Rome. 

107. Chateau d'eau, Caserta, Italy. 

108. Bernini Fountain, Piazza of St. Peter's, Rome. 

109. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. 

110. Canal, Hampton Court Palace, London. 



111. Memorial Walk, Thiergarten, Berlin. 

112. L'arc de I'Etoile, Paris. 

113. Fountain, Versailles. 

114. Terrace, Trianon Palace, Versailles. 

115. Terrace and Walk, Garden of the Tuilleries. 

116. Quays at Lucerne, Switzerland. 

117. Quays at Grenoble, France. 

118. Bridge and Quay, Paris. 

119. Bridges and Quays, Buda-Pesth. 

120. Quay at Vannes, France. 

121. Bridges and Quay, Anjers, France. 

122. Elm, Lafayette Square, Washington. 

123. Elms, Capitol Grounds, Washington. 

124. Elms, East front of Capitol, Washington. 

125. Elms, East front of Capitol, Washington. 

126. Elm, Capitol grounds, Washington. 

127. Elms, side avenue of Mall, Central Park, New York. 

128. Elms, side avenue of Mall, Central Park, New York. 

129. Elms, Mall, Central Park, New York. 

130. Elms, Boston Common. 

131. Mall, Boston Common. 

132. Elms, Boston Common. 

133. Elms, Boston Common. 

134. Elms, grounds of Harvard University, Cambridge, 

Mass. 

135. Elms, grounds of Harvard University. 

136. Elms, Avenue, Old Hadley, Mass. 

137. Elms, Avenue, Old Hadley, Mass. 



138. Elms, Avenue, Old Hadley, Mass. 

139. "Charles Sumner" Elm, Capitol grounds, Washing- 

ton. 

140. "Charles Sumner" Elm, Capitol grounds, Washing- 

ton. 

141. The "Tapis Vert," Versailles. 

142. General view, Cirencester, England. 

143. Fountain and Vistas, Garden of the Tuilleries, 

Paris. 

144. Exedra, Garden of the Tuilleries, Paris. 

145. Terrace, Fontainebleau. 

146. Garden of the Luxembourg, Paris. 

147. Garden Terraces, Chateau Vaux le Vicomte. 

148. Gardens, Vaux le Vicomte. 

149. Fountain, Garden, Vaux le Vicomte. 

150. Vatican Garden, Rome. 

151. Borghese Gardens, Rome. 

152. Hippodrome, Borghese Gardens, Rome. 

153. Pavilion, Borghese Gardens, Rome. 

154. Garden, Villa d'Este, Tivoli. 

155. Cascade, Garden, Villa d'Este. 

156. Cascade, Garden, Villa d'Este. 

157. Stair and Fountain, Garden, Villa d'Este. 

158. Villa Albani, Rome. 

159. Villa Albani, Rome. 

160. Villa Albani, Rome. 

161. Villa Albani, Rome. 

162. Villa Medici, Rome. 

163. Villa Medici, Rome. 

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164. Statue, Garden, Schoenbrunn, Vienna. 

165. Prater Restaurant, Vienna. 

166. Prater Restaurant, Vienna. 

167. Prater Restaurant, Vienna. 

168. Tiie Long Walk, Windsor, England. 

169. Avenue of stone pines, Rome. 

170. Monument park, Washington, present condition, 

from the South. 



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